Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, CanadaAmerican researcher has been rescued from deep Turkish cave more than a week after he fell ill By: The Associated Press Posted: 5:19 AM CDT Sunday, Sep. 10 ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A major rescue operation in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains succeeded in bringing out an American researcher who fell seriously ill nine days ago at a depth of some 1,000 meters (3,000 ...

Decorated diver Brett Hemphill, 56, died while exploring an underwater cave system in Texas thought to be the deepest of its kind in the United States. His body was found on October 8.

There were several people with him, including three other Americans, on the mission to map the 1,276-meter (4,186-foot) deep cave system for the Anatolian Speleology Group Association.

The Hranicka Abyss is at least 1,325 feet deep, and likely goes down further. — -- A team of explorers believe they have discovered the deepest known underwater cavern the world in eastern ...